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HSB Cyber Suite Adds New Insurance Coverage and Services to Protect Small Businesses

Business Wire | October 23, 2020

HSB Cyber Suite has your business covered, adding new insurance protection and risk management services, including website security scans and computer system upgrades to help prevent future cybercrimes, HSB announced today. HSB Cyber Suite provides a comprehensive collection of cyber insurance and services designed to protect small and medium-size businesses from cyber-attacks, data breaches, identity theft, cyber extortion, and misdirected payment and computer fraud. It’s available through insurance carriers that partner with HSB to add the coverage to their commercial policies. Any business with an internet connection is vulnerable to a cyber-attack,” said James Hajjar, assistant vice president for HSB, part of Munich Re. “And while cybersecurity is complex, we don’t think getting the right insurance coverage or support needs to be. HSB Cyber Suite not only helps a small business respond and recover from a cyber-attack, but it gives them valuable resources they can use to predict and prevent cyber incidents.

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Why evolving consumer behaviors require changes from insurance providers

It’s no secret that the global pandemic has upended everyone’s life. We know this anecdotally from our own experiences—more online shopping with curbside pickup orders, ordering takeout and delivery versus in-person dining, and changing media consumption. And let’s not forget remote working and learning. These experiences are more than simply anecdotal; McKinsey has written about the more specific effects of the pandemic on consumer behavior and needs. In short, they write: “behavior changes will reshape consumer decision journeys and companies will need to adapt fast.”

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